People carry flags as they take part in a pro-government rally in Hong Kong on August 17, 2014. - AFP PHOTO / ALEX OGLE
HONG KONG: Thousands protested in Hong Kong against plans by pro-democracy activists to paralyse the city centre with a mass sit-in unless China grants acceptable electoral reforms.
Public discontent in the semi-autonomous Chinese city is at its highest for years, with concern at perceived interference by Beijing and growing divisions over how Hong Kong’s leader should be chosen in 2017 under the planned reforms.
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